“Not only am I better off dead, but the world is a better place without me in it.” These words are quoted from a suicide letter of Daniel Somers who battled with his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or (PTSD) until he could no longer cope. At a staggering rate, families of honorable veterans are reading words similar to this after it is too late. Suicide among veterans has become a recent epidemic, and the death toll has far surpassed the combat related deaths of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars combined. As of April 9, 2015, 4,412 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and 2,351 soldiers along with four civilians have been killed in Operation Enduring Freedom for total 6780 combat related deaths since the beginning
